Hood for cooking stoves or ranges.



N0. GEM-28.

C. P. SLOWE.

HOOD FOB CUOKING STOVES 0B RANGES.

(Application filed Jay. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Patented Nov. 6, I900.

CHARLES PRESTON SLOWVE, OF HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOOD FOR COOKING STOVES OR RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661A28, dated November6, 1900.

Application filed January 30. 1900. derial No. 3,273. (No model.)

To a whom it may OOH/067%: being arranged in the pipe 8 to regulate theBe it known that I, CHARLES PRESTON draft therethrough. SLOWE,acitizenof the United States, residing One side of the hood is formed with a se-55 at Huntingdon Valley, in the county of Montries of radially-disposedslots or openings 11, gomery and State of Pennsylvania, have in--adapted to be wholly or partially closed bya vented certain new anduseful Improvements centrally-pivoted disk 12, whichis also formed inHoods for Cooking Stoves or Ranges; and with radial openings adapted toregister with I do declare the following to be a full, clear, theopenings 11. The disk 12 is provided 60 and exact description of theinvention, such with a knob or finger-piece l3 and serves as as willenable others skilledin the art to which adamper to create and maintaina draft withit appertains to make and use the same, refin the hood.erence being had to the accompanying draw- The sides 2 and 3 of the hoodare formed ings, and to the figures of reference marked at their loweredges with horizontally-pro- 65 thereon, which form a part of thisspecificajecting flanges 14 and 15, to each of which is 15 tion. secureda rod or standard (designated by the My invention relates to hoods forcooking numerals 16 and 17) and perforated at their stoves and rangesadapted to be placed over upper ends to serve as bearings for a shaftthe holes of a stove to prevent the escape of 18, which extends acrossthe interior of the 70 odorsinto the kitchen and to direct the smokehood and projects at its ends through open- 20 and odors through asuitable pipe connection ings in the sides of the hood, as shown. Be-

into the smoke-pipe of the stove. tween the sides 2 and 3 and thestandards 16 One object of the invention is to provide a and 17stop-collars 19 are secured upon the hood of the character describedwith a conshaft to limit the lateral movement thereof. 75 venient shelffor supporting dishes or cook- One end of the shaft 18 is formed orprovided ing vessels and means for raising and lowerwith a crank-handle20, and adjacent to said ing said shelf. crank a ratchet-wheel 21 isfixed to the shaft Afurtherobjectis to provide the hood with outside ofthe hood. One of the arms 22 of a damper or ventilator for creating adraft to the perforated end of the standard 16 is ex- 80 carry the smokeand fumes upward to the tended above the other arm, and to said ex- 0discharge-pipe. tended arm is pivotally secured a pawl 23, Theconstruction of the improvement will adapted to engage the teeth of theratchetbe fully described hereinafter in connection wheel to preventrevolution of the shaft 18. with the accompanying drawings, which form24 designates a shelf, preferably of rectan- 8 5 a part of thisspecification, and defined in the gular form, consisting of a frameconnected 5 appended claims. by bars or grids 25, crossing each other atIn the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevaright angles and adapted toserve either as a tion of the hood connected by an escape-pipe broileror a support for plates and cooking with the stovepipe. Fig.2is asideelevation vessels. This shelf is suspended from the 0 of the same,partly in section; and Fig. 3 is shaft 18 by chains 26, connected attheir upa detail perspective View of the shelf and its per ends to theshaft and divided or diverged supporting-shaft and suspending-chains. attheir lower ends and secured to the shelf 24. The hood comprises asquare or rectangu- The utility and operation of the hood and lar back1, substantially triangular sides 2 its attachments will be readilyunderstood. 5 and 3, and a curved or rounded front. The The hoodincloses the top of the stove and 4.5 lower section 4 of the front ishinged to the effectually prevents the escape of fumes, upper portion 5thereof to form a door, which odors, and smoke from the cooking into theis provided with a knob or handle 6. The kitchen and other apartments ofthe house, upper fixed section 5 of the front is also prothese productsbeing conducted under the loo vided with a handle 7 to facilitateliftingthe regulation of the dampers in the hood and hood on and off ofthe stove. An elbow-pipe escape-pipe to the chimney through the stove 8connects the upper section of the front with pipe. the sn'loke-pipe 9 ofthe stove, a damper 10 The shelf 2% may rest upon the top of the stoveto serve as a broiler or as a support for cooking vessels, or it may beelevated more or less, as desired, away from the stove by revolving theshaft 18 through the medium of the crank, the pawl-and-ratchet deviceoperating to lock the shaft at any desired elevation.

I Would have it understood that the invention is not restricted to theexact construction of the shelf or to the other details shown, butincludes all such variations and modifications in detail as may fallwithin the terms and scope of the following claims.

I claim 1. The combination with a stove hood adapted to be supportedupon the top of a stove, of standards secured to the outside of the hoodat opposite sides thereof; a shaft extending through openings in thesides of the hood and into bearings formed in the said standards, meansformed on the shaft for limiting the lateral movement of said shaft;means for revolving said shaft, and a shelf suspended from the shaftWithin the hood and adapted to be held at any suitable height withinsaid hood, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a stove-hood provided withhorizontally-projecting edges at the lower portion or base thereof, andhaving a pipe connected with the stove-pipe and a door-anddamper device;of standards secured to the projecting flanges or edges of the hood; ashaft extending through both sides of the hood and supported in bearingsformed in the said standards; a handle for revolving the shaft; chainssecured at their upper ends to the shaft and divided at their lower endsand secured to the shaft; means for limiting the lateral movement of theshaft; and a shelf suspended within the hood and adapted to be supportedat any suitable height within said hood, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES PRESTON SLOWE.

Witnesses:

PRESTON J. HEWLETT, JAooB B. J oHNsoN.

